Thanks for that, I have edit my httpd-userdir.conf files with your findings which is not only incorrect in 1.7.0 but also in 1.6.8.

Normally you would go to bugs.xampp.org but it would appear to be down and has been for sometime.

Hopefully it will be spotted here by a developer but if you send a PM to Wiedmann or Oswald and bring this to their attention then they can see that the httpd-userdir.conf file is edited for the next upgrade release - you can link to this topic if you wish in the PM.